BEIRUT ARAB UNIVERSITY

SDG 3

Current Collaborations with Health Institutions

THE Impact Rankings evidence report for metric 3.3.1

Question Does the university as a body have current collaborations with local or global health institutions to improve health and wellbeing outcomes?

Executive response

Yes. Beirut Arab University has institution-level collaborations with health institutions at local, national and global levels. The strongest public evidence consists of agreements signed by the University, BAU’s current agreements register, and implementation records published by BAU faculties and centers. These collaborations support clinical education, continuing professional education, public access to care, emergency-response training, health-quality infrastructure and collaborative research.

Currentness is supported by stated agreement terms or recent implementation. The Karagheusian Health Care Center and Bekaa Hospital agreements run from 2024 for three years; the Order of Pharmacists of Lebanon agreement runs from October 2025 for three years; the Abu Dhabi University agreement runs from December 2023 for five years; the Sorbonne hosting agreement reported by the Faculty of Health Sciences runs from December 2024 for three years; and BAU’s Life Support Center records active American Heart Association activity in January 2026. The I CARE clinic is also described by BAU as fully operational since April 2023, with services documented in 2024 and 2025.

How the evidence was assessed

• University-level evidence means an agreement signed by an authorized BAU representative, a collaboration listed by the University, or an institutional report showing implementation through a faculty, center or clinical service.

• Current evidence means that a stated term extends to the review date, BAU identifies the relationship on a current register, or BAU records delivery during 2024–2026. A signing date alone is not treated as proof of continuing activity.

• Outcome evidence is limited to what the sources demonstrate. Training, screenings, vaccinations, research awards and service access are reported as outputs or contribution pathways; population-level clinical improvement is not claimed without measured data.

• Local refers to a city, campus catchment or regional service provider; national refers to Lebanese government, professional, research or country-wide bodies; global refers to foreign universities, research institutes and international organizations.

Original source BAU current international agreements register | current official institutional register

Original source Faculty of Health Sciences Annual Report 2024–2025 | active partnerships and collaboration records

Original source BAU Research Report 2024–2025 | published 6 May 2026

Local collaboration

BAU’s local collaborations connect its Beirut, Tripoli and Bekaa activities with primary-care centers, hospitals and community organizations. The evidence below prioritizes agreements whose term extends into 2026 or whose recent delivery is documented.

Karagheusian Health Care Center

Status basis Core current evidence | Three-year agreement signed 16 July 2024 | term extends into 2027

The institution-level agreement uses the health center as a training setting for BAU medical students, specialty students and interns. It also provides for recurring workshops, courses, conferences, seminars, joint research and studies in medical, health and biomedical fields. BAU records implementation during academic year 2023–2024 in pediatrics, gynecology and internal medicine.

Contribution to health and wellbeing The partnership expands supervised primary-care experience, supports continuing education for clinicians and creates a route for research to inform care in the community.

Original source BAU agreement announcement, 16 July 2024

Cooperation Agreement between Beirut Arab University and Karagheusian Health Care Center

Beirut Arab University, represented by its President, Professor Wael Nabil Abdel Salam, signed a three-year cooperation agreement with Karagheusian Health Care Center, represented by its General Manager Mr. Serop Ohanian. The agreement aims to benefit from the center’s services to train students, specialty students and interns from the Faculty of Medicine at BAU.

The agreement stipulates that the parties shall organize sustainable training workshops and training courses for students or medical conferences and seminars as well as joint research and studies in various fields of medical, health and biomedical sciences.

During the academic year 2023-2024, students from the fields of pediatrics, gynecology and internal medicine were involved in trainings while the Health Care Center also participated in the teaching process.

The agreement also stated that the university shall organize a number of seminars for doctors involved in the teaching process to develop their academic performance according to the needs and availability in cooperation with Karagheusian Health Care Center.

Bekaa Hospital

Status basis Core current evidence | Three-year renewal signed 11 December 2024 | term extends into 2027

BAU renewed its relationship with Bekaa Hospital to train students from Medicine, Pharmacy and Health Sciences, including residents affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine. The agreement also covers courses, scientific lectures, medical seminars, research and training in professional and scientific tools. BAU describes the 2024 agreement as a renewal of a relationship that began in 2016.

Contribution to health and wellbeing The arrangement increases clinical training capacity in the Bekaa region and links education and research to medical practice, care and health services.

Original source BAU agreement record, 11 December 2024

Beirut Arab University, represented by its President Professor Wael Nabil Abdel Salam, signed a cooperation agreement with Bekaa Hospital, represented by the President of its Board of Directors former Deputy Mohamed Karawi, for a period of three years in the presence of BAU Secretary-General Dr. Omar Houri, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University Professor Wafaa Al Sahli, Professor Sobhi Abou Shaheen and Bekaa Hospital staff.

The aim of this agreement is to train the students of the faculties of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health Sciences in all disciplines and levels, and resident doctors affiliated with the Faculty of Medicine at the university.

The agreement also states on organizing courses, scientific lectures, medical seminars, research and training students in professional and scientific tools using modern and innovative ways, to enhance medical practice, care and health services that benefit and bring goodwill to the society at large.

At the beginning, the Managing Director of the Hospital Ms. Ghada Karaawi, welcomed Beirut Arab University delegation and pointed out the importance of this agreement to strengthen the development of science and learning curricula.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bekaa Hospital Mr. Mohammad Karaawi, mentioned the importance of the relationship between the Bekaa Hospital and Beirut Arab University as a great example of scientific and medical cooperation and training for doctors. In 2016, the first agreement was signed between the hospital and the University, which has evolved over the past years. Today, the relationship between the two parties took a progressive form, and a dynamic and constantly evolving relationship to establish constructive cooperation and community service between the University and all hospitals in Lebanon, especially the Bekaa Hospital.

In his turn, the President of Beirut Arab University Professor Wael Nabil Abdel Salam, expressed his pleasure for renewing this agreement with Bekaa Hospital, considering that first it is a significant positive step in the service of the community in the region and an activation for BAU branch there, especially that Lebanon has suffered during the past two months and needs continuous development in the medical and health fields.

Professor Abdel Salam, also brought up that the university is in the process of opening a nursing department in Bekaa branch which the region desperately needs, after the urgent need to activate this sector during the past crises, considering that cooperation with Bekaa Hospital in this regard falls in their interest and in the interest of the people of the region in general.

Following signing the agreement, Mr. Karaawi presented an appreciation shield for both the President of the University and its Secretary-General.

Beirut Bkheir Association and BAU Healthcare Center

Status basis Recent operational partnership | Protocol signed 28 March 2024 | public source does not state an expiry date

The protocol enables people in need whose health bills are covered by Beirut Bkheir Association to access a package of services at the BAU Healthcare Center. It is an institutional financing and service-delivery pathway rather than a one-off awareness event.

Contribution to health and wellbeing The collaboration reduces financial barriers to diagnostic and care services for eligible community members and directs philanthropic support through BAU’s clinical infrastructure.

Original source BAU protocol announcement, 28 March 2024 | Upload the signed protocol or a current beneficiary summary if available

Protocol of Cooperation between Beirut Arab University and Beirut Bkheir Association

Beirut Arab University, represented by its President, Professor Wael Nabil Abdel Salam, signed a protocol of cooperation with Beirut Bkheir Association, represented by its former Prime Minister Mohamed Choucair, in the presence of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Beirut Arab University Dr. Ammar Houry, and the Secretary-General Dr. Omar Houri, Pharmacist Samer Soubra and some members of the board of trustees.

The Protocol aims to provide social and charitable assistance, strengthen health and social services and increase access to medical services for groups in need.

The protocol of cooperation focused on "assisting the patient in need" and meeting his or her needs through comprehensive health care where BAU Health Care Center shall provide health and care services to all persons whose health bill is covered by the Association and whom are holders of a document that allows them to benefit from a special package of services currently available at the Health Care Center in addition to all services that the Center may provide in the future.

Dr. Ammar Houry noted the importance of this agreement because it serves the Lebanese society and constitutes an advanced hospitalization value through BAU Health Care. He added that Beirut Bkheir Association, headed by Minister Mohamed Choucair, offers a helping hand to our society and helps the poor and needy. He also assured that Beirut Arab University is envolving from the best to the excellent.

In his turn, Minister Mohamed Choucair thanked the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Dr. Ammar Houry, and Beirut Arab University. He said: "I was honored to attend this meeting at this prestigious institution which I am proud of and my heart grows with it.

Professor Wael Nabil Abdel Salam expressed gratitude for this gesture and thanked those who contributed to this philanthropic work, hoping that these white hands would pursue their endeavors and expand the range from the health center to a hospital for Beirut Arab University to help patients and those in need.

After the signing the protocol of cooperation, a tour for the facilities of the Health Care Center of the Arab University of Beirut was organized, and viewed the highly specialized working team at the Center and the modern equipment.

I CARE clinics and Advanced Primary Care Innovation Center

Status basis Core current implementation evidence | fully operational since April 2023 | delivery documented in 2024 and 2025

The I CARE Erasmus+ collaboration established an interprofessional primary-care clinic and innovation center at BAUHC. BAU describes functions in consultation, training, research, primary health care and collaboration among university staff, healthcare professionals, medical engineering and information technology teams. The center is licensed by Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health.

Contribution to health and wellbeing BAU records annual influenza awareness and vaccination activity in September 2024 and 2025. It also records screening and counselling for about 135 children aged 5–15 in July of each year, delivered by pediatricians, residents, interns and nurses, with basic laboratory tests. These are direct service outputs linked to an international capacity-building collaboration.

Original source BAU I CARE center and implementation pages

Original source I CARE clinic services and 2024–2025 delivery

Original source I CARE consortium purpose and partners

Advanced Primary Care Innovation Center BAUHC

Official Name of the Center

Beirut Arab University Healthcare Center Advanced Primary Care Innovation (BAUHC APCI)

The ICARE Clinic and APCI center at Beirut Arab University Healthcare Center BAUHCs, funded through the ICARE Erasmus+ project, have been fully operational since their official launch in April 2023.

APCI developers’ teams

• Professor Sobhi Abou Chahine, Dean of Academic Affairs and International Relations

• Professor Mahmoud Mahfouz, Dean of Faculty of Medicine

• Professor Adel ElKordi, Dean of Faculty of Engineering

• Associate Professor Mohamad Houri, Assistant Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Medical Director of BAUHC

• Associate Professor Rami Abbas, Assistant Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences

• Associate Professor Amal Naous, Program Director of Internship

• Assistant Professor Salah Malas, Obstetrics and Gynecology

• Assistant Professor Sawsan Abiad, Plastic Surgeon

• Assistant Professor Alaa Daher, Faculty of Engineering

• Mr. Rabih Soubra, Administrative Director of BAUHC

Consultations offered at ICare BAUHC Clinics

ICare Project

The Partners

ICARE Project Impact in Egypt & Lebanon.

Dar Al-Ajaza Al-Islamiya Hospital

Status basis Supporting current evidence | listed by BAU with active date 2023 | institutional training relationship

BAU’s current agreements register lists Dar Al-Ajaza Al-Islamiya Hospital under Health Sciences. BAU’s Faculty of Medicine also identifies the hospital as a setting where students are exposed to patient care. The 2023 agreement record concerns cooperation with Health Sciences in nursing and medical laboratory practice.

Contribution to health and wellbeing The relationship provides supervised practice in geriatric and charitable care settings and links student training with services for vulnerable patients.

Original source BAU current agreements register | Include the signed 2023 agreement or current rotation list in the submission annex

Original source BAU training hospitals and centers

BAU Universities’ Agreements List:

Organizations and Institutions

HOSPITALS AND COMMUNITY BASED LEARNING

Recent fixed-term and continuity evidence

Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur signed a one-year agreement with BAU on 17 April 2025 for jointly supervised clinical and field training, knowledge exchange, workshops and research. Because the published one-year term ended in April 2026 and no renewal was located, it is reported as recent evidence and not used as the main proof of current status.

Original source BAU agreement with Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur | renewal after April 2026 not publicly confirmed

Cooperation Agreement Between Beirut Arab University and Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur

Beirut Arab University, represented by its President Professor Wael Nabil Abdel Salam, signed a one-year cooperation agreement with Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur, represented by the Hospital’s President Sister Anne Soufeh, and its Director General Mr. Elie Salem.

The agreement aims to foster collaboration across multiple levels, particularly in the medical, academic, artistic, technical, and administrative fields. Both institutions will leverage their expertise to achieve shared goals in Medicine, Pharmacy, Health Sciences, Human Sciences, Engineering, and Architecture – Design & Built Environment. Additionally, the partnership will focus on advancing university education, enhancing scientific research, and improving healthcare services to benefit society at large.

The signing ceremony was attended by Beirut Arab University’s Secretary-General Dr. Omar Houri; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Professor Wafaa El Sehly; Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Professor Adel Al-Kurdi; Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy Professor Abdalla El-Lakany; Dean of Academic Affairs and International Relations Professor Sobhi Abu Shaheen; Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Affairs Professor Hania Nakkash; and a delegation from Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur.

Under the agreement, the hospital will host students from the Faculties of Medicine, Pharmacy, Health Sciences, Nursing, and Clinical Psychology, among others, providing them with field and clinical training under the joint supervision of academic and medical staff. The partnership will also enhance the quality of medical education through knowledge exchange, joint workshops and research initiatives—all while adhering to international accreditation and quality standards.

This collaboration aligns with the shared vision of Beirut Arab University and Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur to develop skilled medical and professional personnel capable of addressing societal needs and the evolving challenges of the healthcare sector.

BAU also visited Tripoli Governmental Hospital on 11 November 2024 to discuss renewed academic and medical cooperation for interns and medical students. This demonstrates continuing engagement after the 2019 three-year agreement, but the visit is not treated as a renewed agreement without a signed document.

Original source BAU presidential visit to Tripoli Governmental Hospital

The President of Beirut Arab University Visits Tripoli Governmental Hospital

The President of Beirut Arab University Professor Wael Nabil Abdel Salam, accompanied by the Director of BAU Tripoli Branch Professor Hani Shaarani, visited Tripoli Governmental Hospital, where the visit aims to discuss ways of academic and medical cooperation between the University and the hospital in order to train interns and medical students in the hospital departments.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tripoli Governmental Hospital Dr. Fawaz Al Halab and its Director Mr. Nasser Adra, the Member of the Board of Directors Dr. Omar Bitar, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Helmi Al Shamroukh, the Head of the Nursing Department Ms. Roula El Hajj, and few heads of medical departments welcomed the BAU delegation where they toured in the hospital with a detailed explanation of theme chanism of action and the great effort of the specialized hospital staff while serving the large numbers of patients received daily.

National collaboration

At the national level, BAU works with government bodies, professional orders, public research institutions, hospitals and Lebanese universities. These collaborations strengthen workforce competence, medicine quality, mental-health preparedness and applied research.

Order of Pharmacists of Lebanon

Status basis Core current evidence | Three-year memorandum signed 28 October 2025 | term extends into 2028

The memorandum establishes cooperation in joint training programs, scientific and practical knowledge exchange, conferences, workshops and research. Its stated purpose includes continuing pharmaceutical education and research in administration, marketing and health services.

Contribution to health and wellbeing The partnership connects BAU’s academic capacity with the national professional body responsible for pharmacists, helping practicing professionals and students keep pace with current health-service and pharmaceutical practice.

Original source BAU memorandum announcement, 28 October 2025

Memorandum of Understanding between the Order of Pharmacist of Lebanon and Beirut Arab University

Beirut Arab University, represented by its President Professor Wael Nabil Abdel Salam, signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding with the President of the Order of Pharmacist of Lebanon Dr. Joe Salloum.

The objective of the MOU is to enhance cooperation, develop joint training programs, exchange expertise, and hold conferences aimed at improving competency in these fields, for the mutual benefit of both parties.

The signing of the memorandum was attended by the University Secretary-General, Dr. Omar Houri; the Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration Professor Mohamed Abo El Naga ; the Assistant Dean Professor Hanadi Taher; and members of the Order’s Council.

The Memorandum focused on the exchange of scientific and practical expertise and the establishment of joint workshops and training courses. The importance of this Memorandum lies in raising the standard of continuing pharmaceutical education and encouraging scientific research in the fields of administration, marketing, and health services. This effort aims to keep pace with modern scientific advancements and meet the needs of Lebanese society.

Ministry of Public Health and drug quality control

Status basis Core current framework evidence | Drug Quality Control collaboration appears on BAU’s current register with active date 2023

BAU’s current agreements register identifies the Drug Quality Control collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health and the Center for Consultation and Studies. BAU’s 2020–2021 Annual Report records the underlying cooperation for quality-control analysis of imported pharmaceutical raw materials and products through BAU’s Drug Quality Control Laboratory.

Contribution to health and wellbeing The collaboration contributes analytical capacity to the national medicine-quality system. Its health pathway is patient safety through testing and control of pharmaceutical products; the public sources reviewed do not provide a current clinical-outcome measure.

Original source BAU current agreements register

Original source BAU Annual Report 2020–2021 | Drug Quality Control cooperation and implementation context

BAU Universities’ Agreements List:

Ministry of Public Health mental-health and public-health programs

Status basis Recent implementation evidence | activities recorded in BAU Research Report 2024–2025

BAU’s Research Report records Faculty of Health Sciences participation in an MHPSS orientation with the National Mental Health Program and the Lebanese Order of Physical Therapists on 17 October 2024. It also records participation in ATLAS initiative training organized by the Ministry of Public Health with the World Health Organization during 2025–2026.

Contribution to health and wellbeing The collaborations build mental-health and psychosocial-support capacity among health professionals and connect BAU staff and students to national protocols and international guidance.

Original source BAU Research Report 2024–2025, pages 14–15

Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research and public-sector research

Status basis Current research evidence | awards and collaborations recorded for academic year 2024–2025

BAU’s latest Research Report records L-CNRS-supported work on detecting palm-oil adulteration in Lebanese dairy products in collaboration with the Ministry of Economy and Trade, and an L-CNRS grant on the metabolic effects of diet, metformin and statins in polycystic ovary syndrome. The Faculty of Health Sciences annual report also identifies CNRS-L support in its current grant portfolio.

Contribution to health and wellbeing The work addresses food safety and women’s metabolic health through national research partnerships. The public evidence establishes funded activity and collaboration; final health effects should be reported only when study results are available.

Original source BAU Research Report 2024–2025, page 14

Original source Faculty of Health Sciences Annual Report 2024–2025, pages 5–10

Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui University Medical Center

Status basis Recent implementation evidence | joint global-health conference activity documented in June 2025

BAU’s Research Report records participation in the second Annual Conference on AI for Global Health Innovation at Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui-UMC on 5 June 2025, including a BAU presentation on the scope of epidemic early-warning systems.

Contribution to health and wellbeing The collaboration connects clinical institutions and researchers around epidemic preparedness and the use of artificial intelligence in public-health surveillance.

Original source BAU Research Report 2024–2025, page 14

Current national relationships listed by BAU

BAU’s current agreements register provides additional institution-level evidence. The entries below are useful supporting documents, although the public register gives less detail about implementation than the core cases above.

Original source BAU current international agreements register

Time-bounded national emergency response

On 22 April 2021, BAU signed a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Public Health, other private universities and Pfizer concerning 15,000 vaccine doses for the BAU community. BAU was responsible for vaccination-center arrangements, supervision, data integration with the Ministry platform and appropriate storage. BAU also reported free COVID-19 field clinics. This is strong evidence of a completed national public-health response, but it is not presented as a current vaccination agreement in 2026.

Original source BAU and Ministry of Public Health COVID-19 vaccine agreement | historical implementation evidence within the review period

Agreement of Cooperation with the Ministry of Public Health to secure the COVID 19 Vaccine for the University

Agreement of Cooperation with the Ministry of Public Health to secure the COVID-19 Vaccine for the University

22 April 2021

Beirut Arab University represented by its President Professor Amr Galal El Adawi signed an Agreement of Cooperation with the Minister of the Public Health Dr. Hamad Hassan and some private universities in Lebanon and a representative from Pfizer to secure a quantity of Pfizer vaccines to vaccinate the educational and administrative staff at the university with the aim to secure a safe return for students, academic and non- academic staff before the Fall 2021.

The agreement states that Beirut Arab University receives fifteen thousand (15000) vaccines where the universities determine the Vaccination Centers and supervise the process. The university also puts at the disposal of the Ministry of Public Health all the information in this regard; in addition to complete the vaccination process through the ministry’s platform where all recipients should be registered on it. Furthermore, the universities shall bear the responsibilities of storing vaccines in well-equipped places to ensure their effect and quality.

In this framework, President Prof. Amr Galal El-Adawi mentioned that: “It is important that institutions serve the community in the light of the pandemic that widely spreads where the health and social situation in Lebanon is threatening especially that hospitals have reached their maximum capacity. Furthermore, the corona field clinics at the university which provide its services free of charge to the community through a medical and nursing team from the university under the supervision of the HealthCare Center of the Faculty of Medicine at the university contribute in encountering the virus.”

Global cooperation

BAU’s global partnerships combine international accreditation and training, cross-border academic agreements, international research institutes and a multi-country health-education consortium. Current activity in 2025–2026 shows that the portfolio is operational rather than limited to older memoranda.

American Heart Association and BAU Life Support Center

Status basis Core current evidence | AHA listed with active date 2025 | operational activity documented in January 2026

BAU Life Support Center is an AHA-authorized international training center. It offers Heartsaver First Aid, Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, neonatal resuscitation and emergency trauma training for professionals, students and community members. BAU records two AHA certificates of appreciation presented at the AHA MENA Healthcare Forum in January 2026, including recognition of BAU’s role in Hands Only CPR Month in October 2025.

Contribution to health and wellbeing The relationship transfers international resuscitation standards into hands-on training in Lebanon and supports preparedness for cardiac and other life-threatening emergencies.

Original source BAU Life Support International Training Center, current page

Original source BAU–AHA three-year renewal agreement, 17 March 2022 | foundational agreement; current activity is evidenced separately

Original source BAU current agreements register | AHA active date 2025

BAULS Center

International Training Agreement between American Heart Association and BAU Life Support (BAULS)

The President of Beirut Arab University Professor Amr Galal El Adawi, signed a three years renewal agreement between Beirut Arab University Life Support (BAULS) with the Vice President International of the American Heart Association Mr. Michael Hulley.

The agreement aims to train students according to the guidelines of the International Training Center, in addition to teaching the courses in Lebanon and provide training sites, trainers (Professors), students and the necessary material as per the request of American Heart Association to offer the following courses:

• Basic Life Support

• Advanced Life Cardiac Support

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support

It is worth mentioning that the BAULS at the Faculty of Health Sciences has obtained the accreditation in 2017 from the American Heart Association. The Faculty’s accreditation matched the highest international standards of training programs for the individuals who work in the health field, such as doctors and nurses; in accordance with the medical and legal procedures required by the Lebanese Orders, Syndicates and Hospitals.

Abu Dhabi University

Status basis Core current evidence | Five-year agreement signed 21 December 2023 | term extends into 2028

The agreement focuses on innovation and research skills in Health Sciences. It provides for joint electronic research activity, internships, intensive training, student and faculty exchange, publications, research projects and other academic activities.

Contribution to health and wellbeing The collaboration adds international research, mobility and training opportunities for BAU Health Sciences students and staff, broadening access to expertise and research infrastructure.

Original source BAU agreement with Abu Dhabi University, 21 December 2023

Agreement of Cooperation between Beirut Arab University and Abu Dhabi University

Beirut Arab University, represented by its President, Professor Wael Nabil Abdel Salam, signed a five-year agreement of cooperation with Abu Dhabi University, represented by its Chancellor, Professor Ghassan Aouad to develop innovation and scientific research skills for students of the Faculty of Health Sciences.

The agreement aims to open the doors for students and faculty members to access high-quality programs in studying health sciences and facilitate joint activities that promote electronic cooperation in academic research. It will also give students internship opportunities and intensive training programmes as well as exchange of faculty members and students.

This cooperation shall also result issuing publications, research projects and organizing other academic activities that contribute to the progress of the educational process, in compliance with the mission of Abu Dhabi University and Beirut Arab University which emphasize the importance of international cooperation in the field of higher education.

Sorbonne Université and Institut de la Vision

Status basis Core current research evidence | Three-year Sorbonne hosting agreement from December 2024 | BAU reports continuing collaboration in 2025

The Faculty of Health Sciences annual report identifies a three-year hosting agreement with Sorbonne Université and a research collaboration with Institut de la Vision in Paris on genetic eye disease. BAU’s 2024–2025 Research Report states that the collaboration was maintained and records an adjunct researcher position at Sorbonne.

Contribution to health and wellbeing The partnership supports research on rare and inherited ophthalmic disorders, specialist exchange and integration of BAU researchers into an international vision-science network.

Original source Faculty of Health Sciences Annual Report 2024–2025, pages 7 and 30–31

Original source BAU Research Report 2024–2025, page 15

Institute for Cancer Research of Montpellier

Status basis Current implementation evidence | research collaboration and master’s internship recorded in 2025

The Faculty of Health Sciences annual report records research and a master’s student internship with the Institute for Cancer Research of Montpellier. BAU’s Research Report also records a hands-on flow-cytometry webinar for immunology master’s students co-organized with the institute on 9 April 2025, followed by an international Cancer and Immunity webinar.

Contribution to health and wellbeing The collaboration gives postgraduate students access to specialist cancer-immunology methods, supervision and an international research setting.

Original source BAU Research Report 2024–2025, page 15

Original source Faculty of Health Sciences Annual Report 2024–2025, page 30

Center for Arab Genomics Studies

Status basis Core current research evidence | strategic partnership recorded as 2024 to present

The Faculty of Health Sciences annual report identifies the UAE-based Center for Arab Genomics Studies as a strategic partner from 2024 to the present, focused on genomics research.

Contribution to health and wellbeing The relationship supports regional genomic research capacity and contributes to evidence on inherited and rare diseases relevant to Arab populations.

Original source Faculty of Health Sciences Annual Report 2024–2025, page 30

I CARE Erasmus+ consortium

Status basis Current outcome evidence | international project infrastructure remains operational at BAU in 2026

The I CARE consortium brought BAU together with universities and organizations in Sweden, Italy, Greece, Estonia, Austria, Egypt and Lebanon. Its objectives included interprofessional education, student-led clinics, primary-care treatment, research and community engagement. BAU’s APCI and I CARE clinics remained fully operational after launch and show 2024–2025 implementation.

Contribution to health and wellbeing The collaboration converted an international capacity-building project into a continuing local clinical and educational service. It demonstrates knowledge transfer from a multi-country partnership into accessible primary care, prevention and supervised interprofessional practice in Lebanon.

Original source BAU I CARE project overview and partner list

Original source BAU APCI operational status

Original source BAU I CARE sustainability and 2024–2025 delivery

ICare Project

ICARE Project Impact in Egypt & Lebanon.

This I CARE project focuses on the development of certain systems of higher education and stresses that improving higher education is a key strategy for regional economic development.

Through the I ICARE activities some critical factors that enable the partner universities in cooperation with enterprises enable the national higher educational systems to achieve a high level of success and which promote economic development while addressing the needs and objectives of involved countries and/or regions.

The university-enterprise (Health sector) network will reach and mobilize faculty members, administrative staff, researchers and students.

THe EU partner universities at the EU program countries like Sweden, Italy, Greece, and Estonia will transfer their Medical know-how, science, and knowledge and technology to universities in partenr countries (Egypt and Lebanon)

The outcome of this project can support the modernization, accessibility and internationalization of higher education in the involved Partner Countries.

In Egypt:

The education and training systems will be able to produce international skilled people who can create and use knowledge effectively, thus raising the quality of administrative decisions and capability at the country level.

Young people are shaped by their education experience. Provided with access to an information infrastructure that facilitates dialogue and exchange between people from different countries and cultures, they can get easy access to ideas and can contribute even further to national and international transformation.

The activities of the I CARE project also fits within most of the Egyptian medical faculties to provide "qualified professionals to work in healthcare sittings and to meet the increasing needs for competent professionals graduates by keeping up with the advancement of medical and health sciences around the world".

I CARE will address also the strategic goal of enhancing the quality of HE in general. It fits in the modernization agenda of the Egyptian universities as it states its mission as "continuous training to meet the needs of development" which it exactly addresses through establishing the I CARE Knowledge Centre. The centres will provide training for professionals and fresh graduates to update them with advancements which also encourage them to become lifelong learners as a basic requirement of the Egyptian strategy for HE.

In Lebanon:

The Lebanese strategy for higher education insists on offering " Education that provides quantitatively and qualitatively competent work force to meet the needs of the Lebanese market and that can compete in free job markets" (http://www.mehe.gov.lb).

In fact, this strategy is one of the main cores of I CARE. Establishing the centres that brings industry closer to university & integrate new competencies in the training and study curricula will make medical and health related graduates fit very well in the job market & increasing the rate of employment among them & enable them to compete not only locally but also internationally.

I CARE also addresses the BAU and NDU modernization & internationalization agenda "To promote the University’s international image as a global center of excellence in teaching and research and to support the quality of knowledge".

The project and its results will ensure the modernization of the process of interaction between academic and non academic institutions as well as students, the lecturer and hospitals. Accessibility of Centers and web portal and specialized services for innovative educational and training purposes will be achieved by organizing physical and remote access to it via the Internet.

Advanced Primary Care Innovation Center BAUHC

Dissemination and sustainability in the ICare BAUHC Clinics

International health research and preparedness

Status basis Current research evidence | funded and implemented activity in 2024–2026

BAU’s latest Research Report records an IDRC grant for AI solutions using One Health approaches to epidemic and pandemic prevention and response. It also records international work on trauma-informed prenatal care, a collaborative grant on rare ophthalmic disorders in Arab populations and continued partnerships with institutions in Europe, North America and the region.

Contribution to health and wellbeing These projects support epidemic preparedness, maternal health and rare-disease research. The report establishes current collaboration and research outputs; it does not yet establish population-level clinical effects.

Original source BAU Research Report 2024–2025, pages 14–15

Additional international agreements on BAU’s current register

Original source BAU current international agreements register | public register gives scope and active date; attach the relevant agreement pages where available

The ICRC relationship has older implementation evidence: a one-year renewable agreement signed in February 2020 provided nursing training at weapon-traumatology centers. BAU’s current register separately lists the ICRC–Geneva relationship with an active date of 2023. Together, the records show a formal framework and later institutional listing, but the 2023 agreement should be attached for the strongest submission.

Original source BAU–ICRC cooperation announcement, 20 February 2020

Two Agreements of Cooperation between The Delegation of International Committee of the Red Cross in Lebanon And The United Nations Industrial Development Organization

Beirut Arab University represented by its President Professor Amr Galal El Adawi has signed two agreements of cooperation with The Delegation of International Committee of the Red Cross in Lebanon (ICRC) and The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

The agreement with The Delegation of International Committee of the Red Cross in Lebanon whose duration is one year renewable states the university’s interest to train students of the Faculty of Health Sciences – specialized in nursing (Tripoli Branch) where ICRC shall provide all the facilities needed to assist the University in achieving its mission in nursing within the Weapon Traumatology Training Center it operates in Dar Al Chifae and Dar Al Zahraa Hospitals.

The ICRC shall provide training to students about the theoretical information they acquired at the University such as applying the basic nursing care such as measuring the pulse, pressure, temperature as well as drawing blood and inserting IV lines.

As such, the agreement of cooperation with The United Nations Industrial Development Organization in the context of the project “Market-Based Construction Skills Training for All” funded by the Government of Japan and implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Industry in the Lebanese Republic states to establish a vocational training center at BAU – Tripoli campus. The duration of the project is renewable and ends by March 31st, 2020 inclusive.

The agreement states doing vocational training in the fields of electricity and renewable energy where UNIDO develops awareness strategy to choose trainers and trainees for the Vocational Training Center; on the other hand, the University shall recruit trainers among its network of faculty and students and shall promote the center among its channels in the community.

How the collaborations improve outcomes

The evidence shows four credible routes from collaboration to improved health and wellbeing. The report does not assume that every partnership has already changed a clinical endpoint; it identifies the documented output and the health contribution that follows from it.

Documented indicators

Institutional breadth

The collaboration portfolio involves the Faculties of Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Health Sciences and Human Sciences, as well as BAUHC, the Advanced Primary Care Innovation Center, the BAU Life Support Center, the Drug Quality Control Laboratory, the International Relations Office and the Research Office. The partners cover primary care, hospitals, government, professional orders, research councils, international universities and specialist research institutes. This breadth supports the conclusion that the activity belongs to BAU as an institution rather than to isolated staff members.

Original source BAU current agreements register

Original source BAU Research Reports index

THE evidence matrix

Evidence-strength assessment

Evidence controls and submission recommendations

What the public evidence proves

• BAU has institution-level health collaborations at local, national and global levels.

• Several agreements have terms that extend beyond the 11 October 2026 review date.

• The collaborations cover clinical training, professional development, research, quality systems and community service.

• Recent delivery is documented through clinic services, screenings, vaccination activity, CPR outreach, internships, workshops and funded research.

Claims deliberately excluded or qualified

• The report does not claim reduced mortality, morbidity or disease prevalence unless a source reports a measured result.

• A partner’s appearance in a current BAU register is reported as an active institutional relationship, but detailed outputs are not invented where BAU publishes only the partner, active date and concerned unit.

• The one-year Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur agreement is not treated as current after April 2026 without a renewal document.

• The 2019 Tripoli Governmental Hospital agreement and the 2021 COVID-19 vaccine agreement are used as historical implementation evidence, not as proof of a current 2026 term.

Recommended evidence pack for THE

1. Use this report as the narrative response and upload the strongest original pages first: Karagheusian, Bekaa Hospital, Order of Pharmacists, BAULS, Abu Dhabi University, I CARE implementation, the FHS Annual Report and the latest BAU Research Report.

2. Add signed agreement pages that show parties, signature date, duration, objectives and authorized signatories, especially for relationships listed only in BAU’s current register.

3. Add one implementation document per core partnership: rotation lists, workshop agendas, participant counts, beneficiary logs, research outputs or current renewal letters.

4. Where patient or student data are used, provide aggregated figures and remove personal identifiers.

5. Keep a one-page annual monitoring sheet for each partnership with agreement status, activities, participants, beneficiaries, research outputs and follow-up actions.

Conclusion

BAU meets the indicator at local, national and global levels. The evidence is strongest where a current agreement is paired with implementation: Karagheusian and Bekaa Hospital for clinical education, I CARE for primary-care delivery, the Order of Pharmacists and Ministry of Public Health for national capacity and quality systems, the American Heart Association for emergency-care standards, and the current international research portfolio for genomics, cancer, food safety and epidemic preparedness. The resulting contribution to SDG 3 is credible because the partnerships connect institutional agreements to observable training, service and research outputs.

Original source register

All links below are original institutional sources. They were accessed on 11 October 2026. The full URL is printed so that the evidence can be copied into the THE submission system.